Yams — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Yams — Area harvested was 41,943 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 41,943 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 70,497 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 6,321 ha, in 2002.
That places Eastern Africa 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,098 ha | 55,800 ha | 61,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,616 ha | 62,578 ha | 67,434 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,954 ha | 63,011 ha | 69,087 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,802 ha | 6,597 ha | 70,497 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,704 ha | 6,321 ha | 10,484 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,255 ha | 10,749 ha | 42,570 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,482 ha | 41,191 ha | 45,585 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 54,812 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Yams — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 41,943 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 70,497 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,321 ha in 2002.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for yams — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.